PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí sé ~ lena chuid airgid, leis an ól, he was over-generous with his money, with drink.
~ maith é, he is generous with food.
Bhí sé ~ lena chomharsana, he was fair-minded, generous, towards his neighbours.
Scaoil ~ (na féile) ann, he had a generous impulse.
~ déirce, person likely to give alms, generous almsgiver.
~ Uí Cheallaigh, (proverbially) generous welcome.
Duine fial ~, generous, welcoming person.
Tá ~ bhog ann, there is a soft, a generous, streak in him.
Bheith ~ le duine, faoi rud, to be generous to s.o., about sth.
~ fairsing, flaithiúil, generous and open-handed.
~ ar bheagán stóir, a generous man with little to give.
Duine ~, decent, respectable, person; generous person in company.
Rinne sé ~ linn, he was generous with us.
Tá an fhéile i gcónaí á ~eadh acu, they are always prepared to be generous.
Bean an chroí mhóir, the great-hearted, generous, woman.
~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to be generous with s.o.; to do s.o. a favour.
~ an cheannaí, generous measure.
Is réidh ~ de chraiceann duine eile (agat), it is easy to be generous at another’s expense.